S. No. Key audit matter
Auditor's Response
1. Assessment of Provisions and Contingentliabilities in respect of litigations includingDirect and Indirect Taxes, various claims filedby other parties not acknowledged as debt
There is high level of judgement required inestimating the level of provisioning. Accordingly,unexpected adverse outcomes may significantlyimpact the company's reported profit and state ofaffairs presented in the Balance Sheet.
We determined the above area as a Key AuditMatter in view of associated uncertainty relatingto the outcome of these matters which requiresapplication of judgment in interpretation of law.Accordingly, our audit was focused on analysingthe facts of subject matter under considerationand judgments/ interpretation of law involved.
Our audit procedures involved the following::
> Obtaining an understanding of the process ofidentification of claims, litigations, arbitrations andcontingent liabilities, and internal control relevant tothe audit in order to design our audit procedures thatare appropriate in the circumstances.
> Obtained the list of litigations including for direct andindirect taxes and other claims against the Companyand discussed and analysed material legal cases withthe Company's personnel handling these cases.
> Reviewed with the management and their Counsels theassessment of the likelihood of outflow of economicresources being probable, possible or remote inrespect of the litigations. This involved assessing theprobability of an unfavorable outcome of a givenproceeding and the reliability of estimates of relatedamounts.
> Examining recent orders and/or communicationreceived from various tax authorities/ judicial forumsand follow up action thereon.
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Evaluating the merit of the subject matter underconsideration with reference to the grounds presentedtherein and available independent legal / tax adviceincluding opinion of internal tax experts.
Evaluating management's assumptions and estimatesrelating to the recognition of the provisions fordisputes and disclosures of contingent liabilities in thefinancial statements.
Assessing the adequacy of the disclosures with regardto facts and circumstances of the legal matters.
We have audited the accompanying Standalone FinancialStatements of HEG Limited ('the Company'), which comprisethe Standalone Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, theStandalone Statement of Profit and Loss (including OtherComprehensive Income), the Standalone Statement ofChanges in Equity, the Standalone Statement of Cashflows for the year then ended and notes to the Standalonefinancial statements, including a summary of the materialaccounting policies and other explanatory information(hereinafter referred to as "the Standalone financialStatements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us, the Standalonefinancial statements give the information required by theCompanies Act, 2013 ("the Act") in the manner so requiredand give a true and fair view in conformity with the IndianAccounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of theAct read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards)Rules, 2015, as amended ("Ind AS") and other accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, of the state of affairsof the Company as at March 31, 2025, and its profit andtotal comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cashflows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the Standalone financialstatements in accordance with the Standards onAuditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) of the Act.Our responsibilities under those Standards are furtherdescribed in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit ofthe Standalone Financial Statements section of our report.We are independent of the Company in accordance withthe Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of CharteredAccountants of India together with the ethical requirementsthat are relevant to our audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements under the provisions of the Act and the Rulesmade thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethicalresponsibilities in accordance with these requirementsand the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidencewe have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to providea basis for our audit opinion on the Standalone FinancialStatements.
Key Audit Matters are those matters that in our professionaljudgment were of most significance in our audit of theStandalone Financial Statements for the year endedMarch 31, 2025. These matters were addressed in thecontext of our audit of the Standalone Financial Statementsas a whole and in forming our opinion thereon and we donot provide a separate opinion on these matters. We havedetermined the matters described below to be the KeyAudit Matters to be communicated in our report.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for theother information. The other information comprises theinformation included in Annual Report but does not includethe Standalone Financial Statements and our auditor'sreport thereon.
Our opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements doesnot cover the other information and we do not express anyform of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation identified above and, in doing so, considerwhether the other information is materially inconsistentwith the Standalone Financial Statements or our knowledgeobtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materiallymisstated.
If, based on the work we have performed we conclude thatthere is a material misstatement of this other information,we are required to report that fact. We have nothing toreport in this regard.
Responsibilities of Management and Those Chargedwith Governance for the Standalone FinancialStatements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for thematters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act,2013 ("the Act") with respect to the preparation of theseStandalone Financial Statements that give a true andfair view of the financial position, financial performance,total comprehensive income, changes in equity and cashflows of the Company in accordance with the accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, including the IndianAccounting Standards specified under section 133 of the Act.This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions ofthe Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for
preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;selection and application of appropriate accounting policies;making judgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent; and the design, implementation and maintenanceof adequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completenessof the accounting records, relevant to the preparationand presentation of the Standalone Financial Statementsthat give a true and fair view and are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the Standalone Financial Statements, themanagement and the Board of Directors are responsiblefor assessing the Company's ability to continue as a goingconcern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to goingconcern and using the going concern basis of accountingunless the management either intends to liquidate theCompany or to cease operations, or has no realisticalternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeingthe Company's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance aboutwhether the Standalone Financial Statements as a wholeare free from material misstatement, whether due to fraudor error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes ouropinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurancebut is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordancewith SAs will always detect a material misstatement when itexists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and areconsidered material if, individually or in the aggregate, theycould reasonably be expected to influence the economicdecisions of users taken on the basis of these StandaloneFinancial Statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgment and maintain professional scepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatementof the Standalone Financial Statements, whether dueto fraud or error, design and perform audit proceduresresponsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidencethat is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor our opinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement resulting from fraud is higher than forone resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion,forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, orthe override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financialcontrols relevant to the audit in order to design auditprocedures that are appropriate in the circumstances.Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are alsoresponsible for expressing our opinion on whetherthe Company has adequate internal financial controlssystem in place and the operating effectiveness ofsuch controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policiesused and the reasonableness of accounting estimatesand related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management'suse of the going concern basis of accounting and,based on the audit evidence obtained, whethera material uncertainty exists related to events orconditions that may cast significant doubt on theCompany's ability to continue as a going concern.If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, weare required to draw attention in our auditor's reportto the related disclosures in the Standalone FinancialStatements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, tomodify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on theaudit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor'sreport. However, future events or conditions maycause the Company to cease to continue as a goingconcern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure andcontent of the Standalone Financial Statements,including the disclosures, and whether the StandaloneFinancial Statements represent the underlyingtransactions and events in a manner that achievesfair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in thefinancial statements that, individually or in aggregate,makes it probable that the economic decisions of areasonably knowledgeable user of the financial statementsmay be influenced. We consider quantitative materialityand qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our auditwork and in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) toevaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in thefinancial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governanceregarding, among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, includingany significant deficiencies in internal control that weidentify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance witha statement that we have complied with relevant
ethical requirements regarding independence, and tocommunicate with them all relationships and othermatters that may reasonably be thought to bear on ourindependence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged withgovernance, we determine those matters that were ofmost significance in the audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements of the current period and are therefore the keyaudit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor'sreport unless law or regulation precludes public disclosureabout the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances,we determine that a matter should not be communicatedin our report because the adverse consequences of doingso would reasonably be expected to outweigh the publicinterest benefits of such communication.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order,2020 ("the Order") issued by the Central Governmentin terms of sub section (11) of section 143 of the Act,we give in "Annexure A" a statement on the mattersspecified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
2. (A) As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based
on our audit, we report, that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all theinformation and explanations which tothe best of our knowledge and belief werenecessary for the purposes of our audit.
(b) In our opinion, proper books of accountas required by law have been kept by theCompany so far as it appears from ourexamination of those books.
(c) The Standalone Balance sheet, theStandalone statement of profit and lossincluding other comprehensive income,Standalone statement of changes in equityand the Standalone statement of cash flowsdealt with by this Report are in agreementwith the books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the Standalone FinancialStatements comply with the IndianAccounting Standards specified underSection 133 of the Act, read with theCompanies (Indian Accounting Standards)Rules, 2015, as amended.
(e) On the basis of the written representationsreceived from the directors as onMarch 31, 2025 taken on record by the
Board of directors, none of the directorsis disqualified as on March 31, 2025 frombeing appointed as a director in terms ofSection 164(2) of the Act.
(f) With respect to the adequacy of the internalfinancial controls over financial reportingof the Company and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls, refer to ourseparate report in "Annexure B".
(g) With respect to the other matters tobe included in the Auditor's Report inaccordance with Rule 11 of the Companies(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, asamended, in our opinion and to the bestof our information and according to theexplanations given to us:
(a) The Company has disclosed theimpact of pending litigations on itsfinancial position in its StandaloneFinancial Statements. Refer Note 38 tothe Standalone Financial Statements.
(b) The Company did not have anylong-term contracts includingderivative contracts for which therewere any material foreseeable losses.
(c) There has been no delay intransferring amounts, required to betransferred, to the Investor Educationand Protection Fund by the Companyduring the year.
(d) (i) The management has
represented that, to the bestof its knowledge and belief,no funds have been advancedor loaned or invested (eitherfrom borrowed funds or sharepremium or any other sources orkind of funds) by the Companyto or in any other personor entity, including foreignentities ("Intermediaries"), withthe understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise,that the Intermediary shall,whether, directly or indirectly,lend or invest in other persons orentities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalfof the Company ("Ultimate
As stated, in Note 42 of the StandaloneFinancial Statements, the Boardof Directors of the Company haveproposed final dividend for the year,which is subject to the approval ofthe members at the ensuing AnnualGeneral Meeting. The amount ofdividend proposed is in accordancewith the Section 123 of the Act, asapplicable.
Beneficiaries") or provide anyguarantee, security or thelike on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries;
(ii) The management hasrepresented that, to the bestof its knowledge and belief, nofunds have been received bythe Company from any personor entity, including foreignentities ("Funding Parties"), withthe understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise,that the Company shall,whether, directly or indirectly,lend or invest in other persons orentities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf ofthe Funding Party ("UltimateBeneficiaries") or provide anyguarantee, security or thelike on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries; and
(iii) Based on such audit proceduresthat we considered reasonableand appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing hascome to our notice that hascaused us to believe thatthe representations undersub-clause (i) and (ii) contain anymaterial misstatement.
(e) The final dividend declared and paidduring the year by the Company isin accordance with Section 123 ofthe Act.
(f) Based on our examination, whichincluded test checks and accordingto the information and explanationsgiven to us, the company has used anaccounting software for maintainingits books of account which hasa feature of recording audit trail(edit log) facility and the same hasoperated throughout the year for allrelevant transactions recorded in thesoftware systems. Further, during thecourse of our audit we did not comeacross any instance of the audit trailfeature being tampered with andthe audit trail has been preservedby the Company as per the statutoryrequirements for record retention.
(B) With respect to the other matters to be includedin the Auditor's Report in accordance with therequirements of section 197(16) of the Act, asamended:
In our opinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given to us,the remuneration paid by the Company to itsdirectors during the year is in accordance withthe provisions of section 197 read with ScheduleV of the Act.
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Date: May 19, 2025 ICAI UDIN:25516834BMMNCX2028